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Pros and Cons of a Web-based E-Portfolio System

Pros and Cons of a Web-based E-Portfolio System . Impact on faculty, administrative services, in-service training for teachers and training for students. J.J. Hayden Ph.D. . GaTech 2004. Agenda. 1. What are e-portfolio systems?. 2. GC&SU selection. 3. Characteristics of LiveText.

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Pros and Cons of a Web-based E-Portfolio System

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  1. Pros and Cons of a Web-based E-Portfolio System Impact on faculty, administrative services, in-service training for teachers and training for students. J.J. Hayden Ph.D. GaTech 2004

  2. Agenda 1. What are e-portfolio systems? 2. GC&SU selection 3. Characteristics of LiveText 4. In-service training 5. Student training 6. Pros & Cons

  3. What are e-portfolio systems? • “A digital repository of artifacts, which they can use to demonstrate competence and reflect on [student] learning” • David Tosh • Dr. Helen Barrett • http://electronicportfolios.com/

  4. What are e-portfolio systems? • Examples • Course management vs. student information systems • WebCT and Blackboard • Student Records (Banner etc.)

  5. The GC&SU selection: LiveText • E-portfolios hosted at LiveText site • Convenient economic model • Standards linked to courses and student artifacts • Forms and data collection • Reports

  6. Characteristics of LiveText • Database system • Data ownership • Transactions • Evaluations • Different model for students and faculty

  7. In-service training for faculty & staff • Initial faculty training • introduction • Assessment & Evaluation • Reports • Administrative user training • Forms • Reports • Exhibit Center

  8. Student training • Initial student training • Concepts • Creating e-Docs • Sharing • Continuous training • Every time an artifact worthy of the e-portfolio is created

  9. Pros & Cons • Good digital archives of student work • Tracking student progress and development • Artifacts linked to standards • Collection of student data • Many portfolios • Visitors • Yet another thing to learn • Massive, persistent interaction • Using a developing system • Not a file-based system (good & bad)

  10. Agenda 1. What are e-portfolio systems? 2. GC&SU selection 3. Characteristics of LiveText 4. In-service training 5. Student training 6. Pros & Cons

  11. Pros and Cons of a Web-based E-Portfolio System Impact on faculty, administrative services, in-service training for teachers and training for students. J.J. Hayden Ph.D. jj.hayden@gcsu.edu GaTech 2004

  12. E-Portfolio with Rubric Maker: http://www.chalkandwire.com/eportfolio/ • Vitaelity e-portfo: http://www.arcsoftwareconsultancy.com/Vitaelity.htm • Masterfile ePortfolio Manager: http://www.concord-usa.com/epm.htm • Ingeniux CMS Web content management software: http://www.ingeniux.com/x576.xml • ePortfolio.org: http://www.eportfolio.org/ • TaskStream: http://www.taskstream.com/pub/default.asp • LiveText: http://college.livetext.com

  13. Course Management Systems • Web-based site for: • Course material • BBS • Chat • Student files • Course-centric

  14. Student Information Systems • Student Records Systems: • At hart, an accounting system • Basic demographics • Record of courses taken / in progress • Reluctant to share infromation due to privacy issues • Data input or modification tightly controlled

  15. Database Model • Users construct “Documents” with “Pages” and “Sections” • Not a web server system with folders and files User User

  16. Data Ownership • Creator “owns” the “document” • “Shares” the “document” with instructors

  17. Transactions • Documents shared to view/copy or edit or review

  18. Evaluations • Instructor creates an assessment document with a rubric • Student Shares document for review • Instructor uses rubric to evaluate and returns document plus evaluation to student • Option to re-do and re-evaluate

  19. 90% 90% Different Models • Student creates documents, portfolios • Instructor creates assessments & rubrics,

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